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JEWELRY MANUFACTURE.

No 312,833. Patented Feb. 24, 1885.

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THEODORE WV. FOSTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

JEWELRY MA NUFACTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,833, dated February 24., 1885.

Application filed October 7, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE W. Fos'rna, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in the Mannfacture of Jewelry, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the improved construction of the ornamental box of a piece of jewelry, as hereinafter set forth, and my invention is adapted for the improved manufacture of the box ornaments ofpins, earrings, bracelets, buttons, 850.

Figure 1 is a face view of a jewelry pin em bodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, taken in the line 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a face View ofthe pin shown in Fig. 1, provided with supplemental orinmientation. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 5 is aface view, and Fig. 6 a vertical section, of a sleeve-button, also embodying my improvement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 and 2, A is the rim of a jewelry-pin "struck up in one piece, and provided on its face side, a, with an inwardly-projecting flange, b. B is the lining-plate, which may be either made of the same material with the rim A, or, preferably, of a contrasting material, or it may be provided with a contrasting ornamentation on its front surface, a lining-plate, B, having a matted orpebbled front surface being shown in the drawings. The plate B is provided with an upwardly-turned edge, c,which is arranged to rest in close proximity to the under side of the inwardly-projecting flange b, as shown in Fig. 2, and at the rear of the rim A and plate B is secured the back plate, 0, to which the pin-tongue d and catch 6 are attached in the usual manner. The combination of the inwardly-flanged rim and the con I (No model.)

trasting back plate provided with upwardly turned edges, causes the box-ornament of a pin or other article of jewelry to presenta light elegant appearance.

In order to further enhance the ornamental effect of the article of jewelry having a rim, A, and lining-plate B constructed as above described, I attach one or more ornamental pieces, g, which may be made in any desirable form, either in advance or upon the liningplate, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

In the manufacture of sleeve-buttons, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the back plate, 0, may be dispensed with, the post it being attached directly to the back of the cup-formed liningplate B, which ismade to fit within the flanged rim A, with the upwardly-turned edge a rest.- ing against the under side of the inwardly projecting flange Z).

I claim as my invention- 1. In an article ofjewelry, the combination of the rim of the front face, having an inwardly-projecting flange on its front edge, and the ornamental lining-plate having an upwardly-turned edge which extends to close proximity to the under side of the flange of the rim, and a fastening attachment beneath the liningplate, substantially as described. 2

2. The combination of the rim having an inwardly-projecting flange on its front edge, the lining-plate having an upwardly-turned edge which extends to close proximity to the under side of the flange of the rim, the back plate, and the ornamental piece or pieces arranged in front of the lining-plate, substantially as described.

THEODORE IV. FOSTER.

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